Computer Science at University of Nevada - Reno

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at University of Nevada - Reno. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNR is located in Reno, Nevada and approximately 20,722 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

UNR Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci

UNR Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at UNR is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

CompSci Student Demographics at UNR

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the compsci majors at University of Nevada - Reno.

UNR Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 82% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 18% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Reno with a bachelor's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	64
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UNR Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Reno with a master's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Computer Science

Computer Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Nevada - Reno. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

Related Majors

• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Reno.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Software Applications Developers	3,900	$105,640
Computer Workers	2,600	$72,610
Computer and Information Systems Managers	1,830	$134,840
Computer Network Support Specialists	1,660	$58,380
Systems Software Developers	1,050	$100,510

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By delamare under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.